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FarPoint
(14,943 posts)They better have a back up plan then....
Sanity Claws
(22,440 posts)That's where the immigration court is.
A day after Comptroller Brad Lander's arrest, Congress members Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler at 26 Federal Plaza now attempting to visit ICE detention floor to see conditions there, they plan to visit immigration court also.
— Gwynne Hogan (@gwynnefitz.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T14:30:13.398Z
Beaverhausen
(24,706 posts)That fat fuck with his stupid smirk and what the fuck is he wearing?
What is happening to us? How can we stop this?
Traildogbob
(13,166 posts)White boy says what? How is it I could pick him out of any size crowd and know he is with ICE and the trump cult.
Supremacy white genetic quality there.
stillcool
(34,407 posts)what would you do? Shoot your way in?
AStern
(922 posts)Still find that hilarious?
thucythucy
(9,154 posts)What would you do? Shove the guy aside? Punch him out if he doesn't move?
I'm geninely curious: what would you do in this situation? How would you force your way in?
AStern
(922 posts)But I would have brought LE with me. Unlike Nadler and Goldman.
stopdiggin
(15,645 posts)forthcoming - short of trying to 'fight' their way through?
How do you feel about being taken to the ground? This is not 'cowardice' - so much as it is 'adults' exercising common sense.
You prefer the 'performative' stuff - complete with body slams?
AStern
(922 posts)nt
stillcool
(34,407 posts)your view of Democratic Senators.
AStern
(922 posts)and those people are still detained in horrifying conditions no doubt.
stopdiggin
(15,645 posts)you think they should have gotten physical? Bring up the fists and start swinging?
(doesn't get much mileage with this observer)
AStern
(922 posts)NT
stillcool
(34,407 posts)that was not in the video you posted. Since it's your supposition that they 'allowed' themselves to be denied entry, what would "you" do?
AStern
(922 posts)Joyce is still smirking and will likely suffer nothing for it.
stillcool
(34,407 posts)based on nothing but you. All by yourself.
AStern
(922 posts)nt
stopdiggin
(15,645 posts)to proceed along, your suppositions. And a number of posters are calling you on it.
The reps had no access. You don't surmount that problem by getting into a fight in a hallway.
AStern
(922 posts)nt
Prairie Gates
(8,479 posts)Bizarre beyond words.
AStern
(922 posts)That's what it sounds like to me.
Prairie Gates
(8,479 posts)And I think anybody reading this thread now will have a pretty good idea of what you mean with your rhetorical choices in the OP. So you go ahead and have a nice day. I've wasted enough time addressing it.
MagickMuffin
(18,362 posts)Hes wearing a knockoff Guinness beer shirt. Theres a pic at the link.
These are the people representing our country. SLOBS one and all.
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